Understanding Developing Country Strategic Responses to the Enhancement of Food Safety Standards

• Tác giả: Spencer Henson
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 363.8 Food supply
• Thông tin xuất bản: 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 228813
• Chủ đề: 1. Country and Industry Studies of Trade F140; 2. Economic Development: Agriculture; 3. Energy; 4. Environment; 5. Natural Resources

Tóm tắt

This paper explores the competing concepts of 'standards as barriers' and 'standards as catalysts' in the context of food safety standards in international trade in agricultural and food products. Through a review of existing evidence of the impact of food safety standards on developing country exports of agricultural and food products and the results of a series of country- and product-specific case studies, it is suggested that food safety standards can act as both a barrier to trade and the basis of competitive positioning for developing countries in international markets. This suggests that broad conclusions about the trade effects of food safety standards on developing countries are problematic, rather the level and ways in which agricultural and food exports are impacted can be product, country, standard and even firm-specific.